Etoki Workshop at Columbia University
March 10 (Mon) : Etoki Workshop – Illustrated Mountains as a Sacred Place: Mt. Meru, Vulture Peak, Kumano and Mt. Fuji
This workshop, organized as a lead-up to the Etoki Forum taking place the following day, explored mountain worship in Japan, representations of sacred lands and mountains, and the relationship between saints (Prince Shōtoku) and etoki through painting and literature. The event, which followed the program below, drew roughly thirty participants, including researchers and graduate students, for a lively exchange of ideas.
- Opening Remarks: Matthew McKelway(Columbia U. Burke Center)
- Speakers:
- Yamamoto Satomi (Waseda U.), “Sacred Mountains of Buddhism and Painting “
- Umezawa Megumi (Kyoritsu Women’s U.), “Mountain Worship in Medieval Japan”
- Thalia Andrei (Wesleyan U.), “Depicted pilgrimage for Mt. Fuji”
- Abe Yasurō (Ryukoku U.), “Sacred Mountains in Prince Shotoku Paintings for E-toki”
- Abe Mika (Nagoya U.), “Contemporary Recreations of Mount Fuji in Etoki Picture Storytelling”
- Commentators: Max Moerman (Columbia U. Barnard College), Maho Osawa (Waseda U.), Masanori Oiwa (Waseda U.)
- Closing Remarks: Haruo Shirane (Columbia U.)
Installing hanging scrolls at the Columbia University Etoki Forum
March 11 (Tues): Etoki (Buddhist Picture-Storytelling) from Japan: Performance and Music by Yamaoka Bumyō, Masuda Eishin, and Nagino Akihito with Hanging Scrolls of the Life of Prince Shōtoku
This event featured three etoki (picture-storytelling) masters, who are also Buddhist monks, in the first-ever presentation of etoki, including a performance accompanied by biwa (lute) music, in North America. The venue also hosted an exhibition of hanging scrolls, including full-scale, high-resolution reproductions of “Shōtoku Taishi eden” (Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku, held at Honshōji Temple) and “Zenkōji nyorai eden” (Illustrated Biography of the Buddha of Zenkōji Temple). Nearly 100 people attended the event, which followed the program outlined below.
- Greetings: Haruo Shirane
- Introduction:
- Abe Mika “What is Etoki?”
- Abe Yasurō “The Illustrated Biography of Honshōji Temple and Etoki”
- Etoki Performance:
- Yamaoka Bumyō “Etoki Performance of the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku”
- Masuda Eishin “The King of the Buddhist Law and of the Imperial Law:Prince Shōtoku and His Friends in New York City”
- Nagino Akihito “Biwa Storytelling: The Moriya Battle in the Tale of Prince Shōtoku”
- Discussion Session: Yamamoto Satomi
- Closing: Haruo Shirane
Rehearsal scene
Event Overview
- Date and time：March, 10 13:00〜14:00 and March, 11 18:00～20：00
- Format：Face to face
- Venue： Kent Hall at Columbia University and The Forum at Columbia University
- Organized by：Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture／Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art
- Co-Organized by : Ryusaku Tsunoda Center of Japanese Culture,Waseda University／JSPS Grant–in–Aid for Scientific Research (B) Satomi Yamamoto ” Medieval Expansion of Lotus Sutra Art: Forms and Spaces of Integration of Exoteric, Esoteric, and Pure Land” 24K00025／JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research (A) Yasuro Abe ” Creating a Collaborative Scholarly Community for the Archives of Religious Textual Cultural Heritage and the Sharing of Mutual Understanding” 22H00005／Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University／Center for Cultural Heritage Text Studies, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University
